Lectures

Neil lectures on a wide range of topics including:

• The Roman Empire
  
• Roman Britain
  
• The Ancient Greeks
  
• The Ancient Olympics
  
• Greek and Roman Art
  
• Modern Conflict Archaeology
  
• The First World War
  
• Marxist History, Marxist Theory, and Modern Politics

• Homer’s World of Heroes: Greece in the Mycenaean Age
• Gods, Heroes and Mortals: the Greek myths in ancient art
• The Art of Classical Greece: representing men, citizens, and warriors
• The Ancient Greek Olympics: a visitor’s guide
  
• Rome: empire of the eagles
• The Art of Imperial Rome: representing class, power, and empire
• Cities of Vesuvius: art and everyday life in ancient Pompeii
• Bars, Bedsits and Bordellos: the low life of ancient Pompeii
• The Dead Sea Scrolls in Context: an introduction to Palestine in the time of Christ
  
• The Romanisation of Britain
• Hadrian’s Wall and the Roman Frontier in Britain
• The Decline and Fall of Roman Britain
  
• Zeppelins over Britain: the First Blitz, 1915-1918
  
• Lawrence of Arabia: tortured hero of troubled times
• Trains, Trenches, and Tents: the archaeology of Lawrence of Arabia’s war
• A Marxist History of the World in 45 minutes
  

See Forthcoming events page for a full calendar listing of lectures.